In a world obsessed with fame, fortune and success it can be easy to dwell on what we don’t have rather than what we do.
Because let’s face it, most of us aren’t going to end up on the Forbes' 100 list in our lifetime, but what we can be thankful for is the little things that make us smile every day.
Today is the International Day of Happiness and whilst it doesn’t grant you a day off work or a break from your everyday responsibilities, why not make use of the day to appreciate the people and things in your life that bring you true happiness.
To mark the occasion and to inspire your day, we’ve rounded up some of the best quotes about happiness from some of the most influential people in the world:
“If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.” – Dalai Lama
“Carry out a random act of kindness, with no expectation of reward, safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you” – Princess Diana
“For what it’s worth, it’s never too late, or in my case too early, to be whoever you want to be” – F. Scott Fitzgerald
“Find ecstasy in life. The mere sense of living is joy enough” – Emily Dickinson
“For every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“My mission in life is not to merely survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humour and some style” – Maya Angelou
“The wound is the place where light enters you” – Rumi
“Happiness comes from you. No one else can make you happy. You make you happy” – Beyoncé
“Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go” – Oscar Wilde
“Those who are not looking for happiness are the most likely to find it, because those who are searching forget that the surest way to be happy is to seek happiness for others” – Martin Luther King Jr.
“Happiness consists more in conveniences of pleasure that occur everyday than in great pieces of fortune that happen but seldom” – Benjamin Franklin
